A method of controlling connection between nodes in a digital interface whereby a first node that is a master node determines a second node to be the master and controls a point-to-point connection or a broadcast connection to another node. The first node having the display device determines the second node to be the master in accordance with a user selection, and transmits a connection command of a predetermined format for transmitting a data stream to the second node. The second node determined as the master in accordance with the transmitted connection command of the predetermined format is allocated with a channel and a bandwidth from an isochronous resource manager (IRM), and performs a point-to-point connection between the second node and the first node to transit the data stream. Thus, the transmission/reception, reproduction, and control of the data stream of the program can be smoothly performed.
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1. A method for controlling a connection through a serial bus, comprising:
transmitting a control command that identifies a destination node and describes a requested state of the connection, to the destination node, wherein the requested state of connection indicates whether the destination node is operated to be connected or disconnected with the serial bus; and
receiving, based on transmitting the control command, a response command describing a current state of the connection, from the destination node, wherein the response command includes identification information of a source node.
8. A device for controlling a connection through a serial bus, comprising:
means for transmitting a control command that identifies a destination node and describes a requested state of the connection, to the destination node, wherein the requested state of connection indicates whether the destination node is operated to be connected or disconnected with the serial bus; and
means for receiving, based on transmitting the control command, a response command describing a current state of the connection, from the destination node, wherein the response command includes identification information of a source node.
9. A device for controlling a connection through a serial bus, comprising a master plug register configured to:
transmit a control command that identifies a destination node and describes a requested state of the connection, to the destination node, wherein the requested state of connection indicates whether the destination node is operated to be connected or disconnected with the serial bus; and
receive, based on transmitting the control command, a response command describing a current state of the connection, from the destination nod, wherein the response command includes identification information of a source node.
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This application is a continuation of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 11/451,444, filed Jun. 13, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,289,482, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/644,301, filed Aug. 23, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,068,674, which claims priority to Korea Serial No. P1999-35030 filed on Aug. 23, 1999. The disclosures of the prior applications are considered part of (and are incorporated by reference in) the disclosure of this application.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a digital interface, and more particularly to a method of controlling connection between nodes in a digital interface.
2. Description of the Related Art
The method of controlling connection between nodes for the conventional digital interface as constructed above will be explained in detail with reference to accompanying drawings.
The application node is allocated with a channel for transmitting isochronous data from the fifth audio/video node 60 to the first audio/video node 20 through a point-to-point connection or broadcast connection, and writes in the same format the output plug control register in the fifth audio/video node 60 and the input plug control register in the first audio/video node 20 in the output plug control register 61 and the second input plug control register 22.
Thereafter, the application node writes “1” in an on-line bit of the output plug control register 61 in the fifth audio/video node 60 and an on-line bit of the second input plug control register 22 to transmit the isochronous data.
Also, the application node writes in the same format the output plug control register in a point-to-point connection counter or a broadcast connection counter of the output plug control register 61 in the fifth audio/video node 60.
Then, the isochronous data is transmitted from the fifth audio/video node 60 to the first audio/video node 20 through the channel.
Thus, transmission of the isochronous data from the fifth audio/video node 60 to the second and fourth audio/video nodes 30 and 40 is performed through the above-described process.
According to the conventional method of controlling connection between nodes in a digital interface, however, since no command for connection the nodes to the digital interface is provided, the transmission/reception, reproduction and control of a data stream of a predetermined program cannot be smoothly performed.
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a method of controlling connection between nodes in a digital interface that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling connection between nodes in a digital interface whereby a first node that is a master node determines a second node as a master, and a point-to-point connection or a broadcast connection to another third node is controlled through the second node.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims thereof as well as the appended drawings.
To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described, the method of controlling connection between nodes in a digital interface comprises the steps of a first node that is a master having a display device determining a second node to be a master in accordance with a user selection and transmitting a connection command of a predetermined format for transmitting a data stream, and the second node determined as the master in accordance with the transmitted connection command of the predetermined format being allocated with a channel and a bandwidth from an isochronous resource manager (IRM), performing a point-to-point connection between the second node and the first node, and transmitting the data stream.
The connection command of the predetermined format may be composed of a subfunction region representing whether the connection is the point-to-point connection or a broadcast connection, a connection region representing whether to make or cut off the connection, a source node identification (ID) region representing a source node ID of the node which transmits the data stream, and a destination node ID region representing a destination node ID of the node which receives the data stream.
The subfunction region may be set to the broadcast connection from the second node to the first node or another node to enable the transmission of the data stream.
At the data stream transmitting step, the second node may transmit a response of a predetermined format which corresponds to the connection command of the predetermined format to the first node.
The format of the response may be the same as the format of the connection command.
The format of the response may further include a bandwidth region representing a bandwidth allocated from the source node, a source channel number region representing a source channel number allocated from the source node, an output plug control register number region representing an output plug control register (PCR) number of the source node, a destination channel number region representing a destination channel number of the destination node for receiving the data stream, and an input PCR number region representing an input PCR number of the destination node.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the first node that is the master having the display device determines the second node to be the master in accordance with the user selection to perform the point-to-point connection to a third node, and transmits the connection command of the predetermined format for transmitting the data stream. The second node is allocated with the channel and the bandwidth from the isochronous resource manager (IRM), and then performs the point-to-point connection between the second node itself and the third node to enable transmission of the data stream.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention:
In the drawings:
Reference will now be made in detail to the method of controlling connection between nodes in a digital interface according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
The method of controlling connection between nodes in a digital interface as constructed above will be explained in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First, if a user selects the DTV 101 or the STB 102 which are displayed on a screen in order to view a specified program received in the STB 102 through an IEEE 1394 cable as shown in
Specifically, before transmitting the connection command to the STB 102, the DTV 101 writes “0x01” in the subfunction region of the connection command as shown in
The node IDs of the nodes displayed on the screen are connected to the IEEE 1394 cable, and are stored in the DTV 101 when the power is turned on or the bus is reset.
Then, the STB 102 transmits a response corresponding to the connection command to the DTV 101 in accordance with the connection command transmitted from the DTV 101.
Here, the STB 102 may transmit a command identical to the connection command as the response.
Also, before transmitting the connection command to the DTV 101 as the response, the STB 102 may additionally write the bandwidth allocated from the isochronous resource manager in the bandwidth region, the channel number allocated from the isochronous resource manager in the source channel number region, its own output plug control register (PCR) number in the output PCR number region, the allocated channel number in the destination channel number region, and the input PCR number of the DTV 101 in the input PCR number region, respectively.
Thereafter, the STB 102 is allocated with the channel and bandwidth from the isochronous resource manager (not illustrated), sets its own output plug control register and the input plug control register of the DTV 101 for the point-to-point connection as shown in
Here, the DTV 101 writes “0x10”, which means the broadcast connection, in the subfunction region of the connection command, and transmits the connection command, so that the data stream of the program can be broadcast from the STB 102 to not only the DTV 101 itself but also other nodes connected to the IEEE 1394 cable.
If the display is completed, the DTV 101 transmits the connection command to the STB 102 after writing “0x01” in the subfunction region of the connection command to record the point-to-point connection, “0x10” in the connection region to record cut-off of the connection, the node ID of the STB 102 in the source node ID region, and its own node ID in the destination node ID region, so that the point-to-point connection or the broadcast connection can be released.
Also, if a user selects the DVD player 103 among the DTV 101, STB 102, and DVD player 103 displayed on the screen as shown in
Specifically, before transmitting the connection command to the DVD player 103, the DTV 101 writes “0x01” in the subfunction region of the connection command as shown in
The node IDs of the nodes displayed on the screen are connected to the IEEE 1394 cable, and stored in the DTV 101 when the power is turned on or the bus is reset.
Then, the DVD player 103 transmits a response corresponding to the connection command to the DTV 101 in accordance with the connection command transmitted from the DTV 101.
Here, the DVD player 103 may transmit a command identical to the connection command as the response.
Also, before transmitting the connection command to the DTV 101 as the response, the DVD player 103 may additionally write the bandwidth allocated from the isochronous resource manager in the bandwidth region, the channel number allocated from the isochronous resource manager in the source channel number region, the output plug control register (PCR) number of the DTV 101 in the output PCR number region, the channel number allocated from the isochronous resource manager in the destination channel number region, and its own input PCR number in the input PCR number region, respectively.
Thereafter, the DVD player 103 is allocated with the channel and bandwidth from the isochronous resource manager (not illustrated), sets its own input plug control register and the output plug control register of the DTV 101 for the point-to-point connection as shown in
Here, the DTV 101 writes “0x10”, which means the broadcast connection, in the subfunction region of the connection command, and transmits the connection command, so that the data stream of the program being viewed can be broadcast from itself to not only the DVD player 103 but also other nodes connected to the IEEE 1394 cable.
If the display is completed, the DTV 101 transmits the connection command to the DVD player 103 after writing “0x01” in the subfunction region of the connection command to record the point-to-point connection, “0x10” in the connection region to record cut-off of the connection, the node ID of the DTV 101 in the source node ID region, and the node ID of the DVD player 103 in the destination node ID region, so that the point-to-point connection or the broadcast connection can be released.
Also, if a user selects the STB 102 among the DTV 101, STB 102, and DVD player 103 displayed on the screen as shown in
Specifically, before transmitting the connection command to the STB 102, the DTV 101 writes “0x01” in the subfunction region of the connection command as shown in
The node IDs of the nodes displayed on the screen are connected to the IEEE 1394 cable, and stored in the DTV 101 when the power is turned on or the bus is reset.
Then, the STB 102 transmits a response corresponding to the connection command to the DTV 101 in accordance with the connection command transmitted from the DTV 101.
Here, the STB 102 may transmit a command identical to the connection command as the response.
Also, before transmitting the connection command to the DTV 101 as the response, the STB 102 may additionally write the bandwidth allocated from the isochronous resource manager in the bandwidth region, the channel number allocated from the isochronous resource manager in the source channel number region, its own output plug control register (PCR) number in the output PCR number region, the allocated channel number in the destination channel number region, and the input PCR number of the DVD player 103 in the input PCR number region, respectively.
Thereafter, the STB 102 is allocated with the channel and bandwidth from the isochronous resource manager (not illustrated), sets its own output plug control register and the input plug control register of the DVD player 103 for the point-to-point connection as shown in
Then, the DVD player 103 stores in the disk 104 the data stream of the program transmitted from the STB 102 through the point-to-point connection.
Here, the DTV 101 writes “0x10”, which means the broadcast connection, in the subfunction region of the connection command, and transmits the connection command, so that the data stream of the program received from the STB 102 is not only stored in the disk 104 through the DVD player 103 but also broadcast to other nodes connected to the IEEE 1394 cable.
If the display is completed, the DTV 101 transmits the connection command to the STB 102 after writing “0x01” in the subfunction region of the connection command to record the point-to-point connection, “0x10” in the connection region to record cut-off of the connection, the node ID of the STB 102 in the source node ID region, and the node ID of the DVD player 103 in the destination node ID region, so that the point-to-point connection or the broadcast connection can be released.
Meanwhile, if a user selects the DVD player 103 among the DTV 101, STB 102, and DVD player 103 displayed on the screen as shown in
Specifically, before transmitting the connection command to the DVD player 103, the DTV 101 writes “0x01” in the subfunction region of the connection command as shown in
The node IDs of the nodes displayed on the screen are connected to the IEEE 1394 cable, and stored in the DTV 101 when the power is turned on or the bus is reset.
Then, the DVD player 103 transmits a response corresponding to the connection command to the DTV 101 in accordance with the connection command transmitted from the DTV 101.
Here, the DVD player 103 may transmit a command identical to the connection command as the response.
Also, before transmitting the connection command to the DTV 101 as the response, the DVD player 103 may additionally write the bandwidth allocated from the isochronous resource manager in the bandwidth region, the channel number allocated from the isochronous resource manager in the source channel number region, its own output plug control register (PCR) number in the output PCR number region, the allocated channel number in the destination channel number region, and the input PCR number of the DTV 101 in the input PCR number region, respectively.
Thereafter, the DVD player 103 is allocated with the channel and bandwidth from the isochronous resource manager, sets its own output plug control register and the input plug control register of the DTV 101 for the point-to-point connection as shown in
Then, the DTV 101 displays on the screen the data stream of the program transmitted from the DVD player 103 through the point-to-point connection.
Here, the DTV 101 writes “0x10”, which means the broadcast connection, in the subfunction region of the connection command, and transmits the connection command, so that the data stream of the program being reproduced and transmitted from the DVD player 103 can be not only displayed on the screen but also broadcast to other players connected to the IEEE 1394 cable.
If the display is completed, the DTV 101 transmits the connection command to the DVD player 103 after writing “0x01” in the subfunction region of the connection command to record the point-to-point connection, “0x10” in the connection region to record cut-off of the connection, the node ID of the DVD player 103 in the source node ID region, and its own node ID in the destination node ID region, so that the point-to-point connection or the broadcast connection can be released.
As described above, according to the method of controlling connection between nodes in a digital interface, one node among nodes connected to the digital interface, that is a master, determines another node to be the master, and controls a point-to-point connection or a broadcast connection among the nodes, so that the transmission/reception, reproduction, and control of the data stream of a certain program can be smoothly performed.
While the present invention has been described and illustrated herein with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention that come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
Jang, Chang Hwan, Jeong, Jae Yoon
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